10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain^(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field^(B) to everyone.

² The idols^(A) speak deceitfully,
    diviners^(B) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams^(C) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.^(D)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.^(E)